Effective immediately, Everett Curry, W6ABM, has been appointed as the OR Section ASM – Chief of Staff. He will be handling both ARES and ARRL issues as needed. Please provide any assistance as required.

Effective immediately, both ASMs with have an additional ARES District assigned to them: Russ Garett, KD7MPK, ASM – North, now has (Dist 1, 3 & 4) Jonathan Wanzer, KK6GXG, ASM – South, now has (Dist. 2, 5 & 6)

Effective Aug 15th 2022, Jonathan Wanzer, KK6GXG, has been appointed at the OR Section PIC/PIO. Please provide all assistance possible as he takes on his additional job.

Ted Seble, W7EEI  was 89 at the time of his passing on 1/27/22. He will be interned at Willamette National Cemetery, date TBD. Ted had enjoyed the hobby since his early teens. He had been a member of ARRL for over 50 yrs and a longtime member of Clackamas Co ARES.

It is with great sadness that I have to report that Don Drayton, AA7DD, became a Silent Key on Thursday, December 17th, 2021. Don was a staunch supporter of ARRL and ARES. He was appointed Emergency Coordinator for Morrow Co, OR on June 3, 2014, and was also appointed District Emergency Coordinator for OR ARES […]

PHIL KANE K2ASP (SK) We are sorry to report that OTVARC LIFE MEMBER and TRUSTEE on our Board of Directors, PHIL KANE K2ASP became a silent key on Tuesday, November 23, 2021. Phil was 84. He served as an engineer and attorney and was well known in the Ham Radio and Broadcast communities.  Cards may […]

The Salem Hamfair is on for February 19, 2022.  This event is organized by the Salem Repeater Association and the group is tentatively planning to operate it in the same manner that Swaptoberfest was operated, by Mid-Valley ARES, so tickets are unlikely to be sold in advance since we do not know what the status […]

The ARRL Oregon Section will be conducting its Fall Simulated Emergency Test (SET) on Saturday October 9th. 2021 from 0900- 1300. Details will be forthcoming!

The schedule of FCC amateur radio application fees likely will not go into effect before 2022. FCC staff confirmed during a recent virtual meeting with Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (VECs) that the agency is still working on the necessary changes to the Universal Licensing System (ULS) software and other processes and procedures that must be in […]

Today the Amateur Radio Relay Group / K7RPT finished the installation of our new repeater on 444.4000 Mhz (100) in Wilsonville, OR. Our thanks to the ground crew at WCCCA, the antenna crew, Marc W7PM, Ron KJ7IY, Warren W7JDT, Barb WB1ARB for their time and work to get this repeater operational The repeater is linked […]

The Amateur Radio Relay Group (ARRG) and I84 Group collaborated on the installation of a new open DMR Repeater on South Saddle Mountain near Forest Grove, Oregon last week. The repeater will operate under the call sign K7RPT on the UHF frequency of 440.8125 MHz with a Color Code of 1.   The repeater, microwave […]

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